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The words with the single vowel "a" are pronounced like the vowel "o" in "mom" or "pond". For example, potato means, "kam-ja" in Korean. The "a" is pronounced as written above. The single vowel "o" is pronounced like "oh".

English	Korean	Korean Pronunciation
Spicy	매운	mae-oon
Salty	짠	jjan
Sweet	단	dan
Bland	싱거운	shing-gaw-oon
Sour	신	shin
Bitter	쓴	sseun
Hot	뜨거운	ddeu-gaw-oon
Cold	찬	chan
Restaurant	식당	shik-dang
Food	음식	eum-shik
Drink or beverage	음료수	eum-nyo soo
Water	물	mool
Tea	차	cha
Beer	맥주	maek-joo
Alcohol	술	sool
Chopsticks	젓가락	cheot-ka-rak
Fork	포크	poke
Spoon	스픈	spoon
Knife	칼	kal
Rice	밥	bap
Spicy fermented cabbage	김치	kimchi
Bean sprouts	콩나물	kong-na-mool
Potato	감자	kam-ja
Cucumber	오이	oh-e
Spinach	시금치	shi-geum-chi
Egg	계란	kae-ran
Lettuce	상추	sang-choo
Vegetable	야채	ya-chae
Meat	고기	gogi
Beef	소고기	so-gogi
Chicken	닭	dak
Pork	돼지고기	dwae-ji gogi
Mushroom	버섯	paw-sawt
Onion	양파	yang-pa
Green onion	파	pa
Ginseng	인삼	in-sam
Carrot	당근	dang-geun
Garlic	마늘	ma-neul
Green pepper	피망	pee-mang
Hot pepper	고추	go-choo

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